Episode 1 – The Foundation of Rome
Ciao a tutti. Good Morning, good afternoon and good evening, wherever you are. I am Marcello Cordovani from VITOR...
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Episode 13 – Rome under Augustus, the greatest city of the ancient world
Like Caesar, Octavian not only administered but aimed at carrying out a gigantic reform that would renew the whole...
Episode 12 – Octavian becomes Augustus
When Octavian returned to Rome in 29, laden with the riches of Egypt, he was the undisputed master of the State. His...
Episode 11 – Octavian and Anthony, the final round
In 40 BC, Octavian and Anthony had confronted each other in Brindisi with their armies, without clashing; instead,...
Episode 9 – Caesar seizes power
On January 10th of the year 49, Caesar “cast the die”, he passed the Rubicon with the Legion XIII, 6,000...
Episode 8 – The rise of Julius Caesar
After the death of Silla, power theoretically returned to the Senate. Still, the Senate itself leaned on two...
Episode 7 – Silla, the owner of the Republic
Ten years had passed since Marius had saved Rome from the barbarian invasion of the Cimbri and the Teutons. The...
Episode 6 – Marius, the “Homo Novus”
During the 2nd century, Rome had expanded its rule to the eastern Mediterranean. In 190, Romans had defeated...
Episode 5 – Graecia capta est
Rome was now a protagonist of world politics, the world as they knew it in those times in the West, of course, and it...